LFS Quiz Two
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- Macuilxochitzin
- Aztec princess, who wrote of father's military victories
- Nezahualcoyotl
- Aztec poet-king, ended some brutal sacrificial practices
- Golden Rod
- mandate by Inca's god, the sun, that rod should sink in the ground easily and be the place of the capital
- Ayllu
- local community group, balanced power of the King, owned land communaly
- Aztec Art
- collosal, massive, designed to impress
- Romans
- Aztecs compared to Romans b/c few original contributions, yet easily copied creations of others
- War
- significant to Aztec culture, fought for primarily religious reasons
- Valley of Anahuac
- Where Aztecs originally settled in early 13th century
- Tenochtitlan
- Capital city of Aztecs, founded in 1325
- Eagle and Serpent
- Religious symbol that means Aztecs can stop migrating; eagle devouring serpent on a catus on an island
- Inca's Captives
- not sacrificed but incorporated into Incan society
- Quipus
- knotted cords used by Incas to record warehouse data
- Communist
- Inca system of dividing income and state welfare system, maintained loyalty of subjects
- Tordesillas Line
- line from arctic pole to antarctic pole, dividing portuguese territory from spanish
- Stonemasonry
- used massive blocks w/ smooth finishes, great Inca momuments
- Mountain Agriculture
- built terraces to hold soil, channeled water, cultivated potatoes
- El Cid Campeador
- quintessential Spanish hero, hero of Reconquista, taking back christian land from arabs
- Henry the Navigator
- portuguese prince who gathered best geographers, organized exploration of trade route to africa
- Calendar Stone
- largest of all Aztec sculptures, reminder of circular time
- Cuzco
- Incan capital, navel of the universe, center of complicated road and bridge network
- Nahuatl
- language of Aztecs
- Quechua
- common language of the Incas
- Garcilasco de la Vega
- primary recorder of Quechua oral tradition, fused Spanish and Inca races
- "Flowers"
- metaphor for aztecs sacrifices to the Gods
- Granada
- where last Moors held out against the Spanish, their defeat meant Columbus got support from Isabella
- Incas
- held largest empire and most highly organized Pre-Columbian civilization
- Inca territory
- stretched along Pacific coast across Andes
- Watlings Island
- where Columbus landed on, he called san salvador
- Pottery
- used by Inca to preserve stories and events
- Tumi
- metal instrument used to trepan the skull of sick people, used by incas